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California’s statewide waterfowl season opens Saturday, Oct. 26, and waterfowl hunters headed to public hunting areas this season will encounter some of the best habitat and wetland conditions in years.

Categories:   Hunting, Waterfowl
A male, California quail forages on the ground.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is anticipating good hunting for quail and chukar in 2024-25 as the statewide seasons for both open Saturday, Oct. 19 and run concurrently through Jan. 26.

Categories:   Hunting, Lands, R3, Upland Game, Wildlife
Mule deer buck.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites nonprofit organizations to help wildlife by auctioning big game hunting license tags for the 2025-26 hunt season.

Categories:   Bears, Big Game, Deer, Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Scientific Study
White-fronted geese fly over the Sacramento Valley.

CDFW, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters on public land hunting programs in the northern Sacramento Valley. The meeting will also provide updates on habitat conditions, availability of water for wetlands, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and hunting access opportunities.

Categories:   Hunting, Lands, Outreach, Waterfowl, Wildlife
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area birds flying over wetlands

CDFW will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters regarding hunting programs on Type A Wildlife Areas in the Bay Delta Region. The online meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Categories:   Hunting, Lands, Outreach, Waterfowl

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